Optimize with Over 100% APR

Unichain – a Layer 2 solution developed by Uniswap Labs, officially launched its mainnet in February 2025. Built on OP Stack and integrated into the Superchain ecosystem, Unichain not only inherits the scalability of Optimism but is also designed to become the liquidity hub for the DeFi ecosystem.

The Unichain ecosystem has rapidly attracted major protocols, including Uniswap — the leading DEX, which now reaches a peak daily trading volume of $85 million and generates over $1.2 million in trading fees.

Why You Should Start Farming Early on Unichain

In mid-April 2025, Unichain announced a $50 million liquidity incentive program in partnership with Gauntlet to support 12 core trading pools.

Within just 48 hours of the program’s launch, the network’s total value locked (TVL) surged from $9 million to over $267 million, propelling Unichain into the top 4 Layer 2s with the highest TVL. Daily active users approached 1 million, while daily transaction count exceeded 2 million – an impressive growth rate for a platform that had only been live for under two months.

Against this backdrop, participating early in Unichain’s farming opportunities not only allows investors to capitalize on low fees and high throughput but also positions them to earn generous rewards from the ongoing incentive campaigns. This may well be the “golden phase” to front-run a rapidly growing Layer 2 that’s gaining traction in both infrastructure and real user capital.

Moreover, for early users, there’s another strong incentive to participate: the possibility of a future Unichain airdrop. Just like Arbitrum, nichain may reward early adopters who actively bridge assets, interact with Uniswap v4, provide liquidity, and swap across multiple token pairs. Using popular bridges like Bungee or Jumper could also boost your eligibility for potential retroactive rewards, both from Unichain and the bridge protocols themselves.

How to Farm the Unichain Airdrop

What You Need to Prepare

Before farming on Unichain, make sure to have the following assets ready:

• ETH on the Unichain network to cover gas fees. Most transactions cost only around $0.0002.
• If you don’t have ETH on Unichain yet, you can use bridges like Bungee or Jumper to transfer ETH. Using these bridges may also increase your chances of receiving future airdrops from those platforms, or you can buy on Binance and then move to Unichain.

• Tokens like USDT, WBTC, and ETH on Unichain to participate in farming pools.

Since Unichain is currently running an incentive program, some farming pools are offering APR rates between 100% and 130%.

Steps to Join the Unichain Airdrop

Once you’ve prepared the necessary tokens, follow these steps to start farming:

• Go to the official Uniswap website.
• Click on the Explore tab at the top right of the homepage.
• Look for and select the ETH/USDC (v4) liquidity pool.

As of writing, this pool is offering a relatively high APR of around 130%. By providing liquidity worth just $200, users can earn close to $1 per day, excluding potential additional rewards from future airdrop campaigns.

After adding liquidity to the ETH/USDC pair, users can also provide liquidity to the USDC/WBTC (v4) pool.

At the time of writing, this pool is offering a relatively high APR of approximately 124%.

Tips to Avoid Impermanent Loss

Impermanent Loss (IL) occurs when the value of tokens locked in a liquidity pool diverges compared to simply holding those tokens in a wallet. It’s called “impermanent” because the loss only becomes permanent when the liquidity is withdrawn at an unfavorable price ratio. IL is especially common in volatile asset pairs, where rapid price changes can lead to uneven portfolio rebalancing and reduced returns.

For users looking to minimize Impermanent Loss while farming, there are two main strategies to consider:

1) Use correlated asset pairs: Instead of adding liquidity to volatile pairs like USDC/WBTC or USDC/ETH, users can opt for asset pairs that move in the same direction  such as ETH/wstETH. These pairs significantly reduce, or even eliminate, the risk of Impermanent Loss.

However, the trade-off is that APR tends to be lower, currently ranging from 13% to 20%.

2) Rebalance your liquidity periodically:

If users choose to farm on volatile pools, another strategy is to withdraw and re-add liquidity when price divergence becomes too large. This helps rebalance the portfolio allocation and mitigate potential losses from holding imbalanced assets during large market swings.

Conclusion

Unichain is quickly establishing itself as a high-performance Layer 2 with strong DeFi fundamentals, major ecosystem support, and attractive liquidity incentives.

With APRs exceeding 100% in key pools, early participants have a unique window to maximize returns while positioning for potential airdrops.

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